Positive perception of human stroking by lambs: Qualitative behaviour assessment confirms previous interpretation of quantitative data
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: human-animal relationship, lamb, qualitative behaviour assessment, stroking
2017
A prospective exploration of farm, farmer, and animal characteristics in human-animal relationships: An epidemiological survey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, attitudes, avoidance, behavioral-response, breed comparisons, calves, cattle, commercial dairy-cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cow, farmer's attitude, food science & technology, human-animal relationships, management, performance, productivity
2016
Filial attachment in sheep: Similarities and differences between ewe-lamb and human-lamb relationships
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliation, attachment, cognition, comfort, distress, emotion, gentling, human, lamb, mother, oxytocin, sensitive period, stroking, suckling
2015
Consistency and stability of behavioural fear responses of heifers to different fear-eliciting situations involving humans
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cattle, docility test, fear test, fearfulness, flight test
2011
Separation distress in artificially-reared lambs depends on human presence and the number of conspecifics
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: group-size, human-animal relationship, sheep, social substitute, social support
2011
Attitudes of farmers towards Limousin cattle and their handling
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, cattle, farmers, handling, human-animal relationship
2007
Temperament in preweanling horses: Development of reactions to humans and novelty, and startle responses
Publication/Journal: Developmental Psychobiology
Keywords: approach/avoidance reactions, equus-caballus, fearfulness, foals, horses, novelty, ontogeny, reactions to humans, startle response, temperament
2007
Assessing the human–animal relationship in farmed species: A critical review
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: assessment, farm animals, human-animal relationships, tests, welfare
2006
Beef calves react differently to different handlers according to the test situation and their previous interactions with their caretaker
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cattle handling, familiarity/novelty, human-animal relationships, interspecific interactions, perception
1998